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Voting Starts in Pakistan's Karachi After Violence

   VOA News 17 October 2010
   Pakistani  people  transport an injured riot victim through a hospital
   in Karachi, 17 Oct 2010

Photo: AFP

   Pakistani  people  transport an injured riot victim through a hospital
   in Karachi, 17 Oct 2010

   Voters  in  Pakistan's  southern  port  of Karachi are casting ballots
   Sunday in a by-election, following a fresh round of violence that left
   at least 21 people dead.
   Police  say they have arrested at least 20 suspects in connection with
   Saturday's killings.
   Voters  are  electing  a replacement for a provincial lawmaker who was
   assassinated in August. The shooting death of Raza Haider, a member of
   the  MQM  party, sparked four days of violence that killed at least 85
   people.
   MQM  largely  represents  the  Urdu-speaking  community. The rival ANP
   party  represents  ethnic  Pashtuns. Both parties blame each other for
   the violence that erupted after Haider's death.
   Karachi  has  been plagued by ethnic and sectarian killings, crime and
   kidnappings.

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   Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters.

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